Nelson Mandela

Elected as President of South Africa (first black ever) in 1994 (F.W. de Klerk his jailer was his deputy president)

Nelson Mandela was the leader of the African National Congress. In 1964, he was arrested and sent to life in prison. He was seen as the face for the revolution and the resistance. In 1990, he was released from prison. In 1993, he won a nobel peace prize. A year later, in 1994, Nelson Mandela was elected as the President of South Africa. He was the first ever black president.